Habitats & Basic Needs
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how habitats provide for basic needs and how organisms depend on each other
Typical age: 6–8 years
“Can your child explain why a polar bear lives in the Arctic and not in a desert, and how the animals and plants in a habitat help each other?”
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- Where Are the Poles?
Polar regions enrich the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- Habitat VocabularyREQUIRED
Describing how habitats provide for basic needs requires habitat, environment, conditions, shelter vocabulary
- What Is a Rainforest?
Rainforest habitat knowledge enriches the curriculum habitats topic (exploratory age 5 -> curriculum age 6)
- What Living Things NeedREQUIRED
Must know basic needs of organisms before understanding how habitats provide for those needs
- What Ocean Animals Need
Ocean animal needs parallels curriculum habitats/basic needs concept
- Animal Homes
Animal homes concept is enriched by curriculum habitats topic
- Living, Dead & Never AliveREQUIRED
Must distinguish living from non-living before understanding habitats that support living things
- Minibeast Habitats
Exploratory micro-habitats knowledge enriches curriculum habitats topic
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- Simple Food ChainsREQUIRED
Must know about habitats and interdependence before learning food chains
- Animal Groups & SurvivalREQUIRED
Must understand habitats and survival needs before understanding group survival strategies
- Upper and Lower Egypt
Understanding how ecosystems and habitats work enriches the study of the Nile valley as a life-giving ecosystem surrounded by desert
- Local Plants & AnimalsREQUIRED
Must understand habitats before identifying specific organisms in habitats and microhabitats
- Variation & Survival Advantage
Habitat knowledge supports understanding how adaptations suit specific environments
- Changing EnvironmentsREQUIRED
Must understand how habitats support organisms before understanding what happens when they change